On Nebraska's ACT, Grade 11 ACT Science is reported on a scale from 1 to 36 (2021 to 2025), and each score falls into one of 3 performance levels. Reaching On Track, at 19 or above, is the state's proficiency line.
| Level | Score range | What it means | Statewide 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developing | 1–18 | Below the state standard | 51% |
| On Track | 19–22 | Meeting the state standard (the proficiency line) | 24% |
| ACT Benchmark | 23–36 | The highest level, above the state standard | 25% |
Statewide in 2025, about 49% of the students counted for Grade 11 ACT Science reached On Track or ACT Benchmark. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).
These numbers are the Nebraska public school juniors who took the ACT at school, which Nebraska gives to every third-year high school student as its state test. Students who took Nebraska's alternate assessment are not included. Nebraska counts a student who did not take the test at its lowest level in its own reports; those students are left out here, so the numbers describe the students who took the ACT. Nebraska does not publish results for very small groups, so many small schools are missing.
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.
A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students who took the same test. Our free tool turns a Grade 11 ACT Science score into an estimated percentile versus the school, district and the whole state, so you can see where a score stands, not just its level.
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